Clip



A. P. THOMPSON AND W. L. BAXTER.

CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED DEc.22. 1920.

Patented June 7, 1921 I a W Z m viw wf i w.d% aw y STATES PATENr ALVAI-I P. THOMPSON, OF SALEM, AND VIILLIAM L. BAXTER, OF BEVERLY, MASSA- CHUSETTS; SAID THOMPSON ASSIGNOR OF HIS RIGHT TO HELBURN THOIlITPSOlT COMPANY, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CLIP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June *7, 1921.

Application filed December 22, 1920. Serial No. 432,395.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALVAH P. THOMPSON and WILLIAM L. BAXTER, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Salem and Beverly, respectively, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,

use in stretching skins, hides and the like upon a drying frame.

The most efficient drying apparatus for this purpose consists essentially of a metal frame provided with a sheet of wire mesh or other foraminated or reticulated material yieldingly stretched thereon, upon which the hide or skin is supported and held during the drying operation by clips adapted to grip the skin at the edge portion thereof and having hooks or spurs which hook into the openings in the foraminated support.

Broadly speaking the principal object of this invention is to provide a clip of this general type of simplified and durable construction thus facilitating ease of manipulation in service as well as economy in the cost of manufacture and consequently permitting sales at a relatively low price. A more specific object of the invention is to provide a clip wherein the actuating member and the mount therefor, upon which the principal wear comes in service, are formed independent of the body of the clip and can thus be made of a material or grade of material peculiarly adapted to withstand the wear of service without material increase in cost of the device as a whole, such construction also eliminating the weakness resultant upon bending or folding the material of the clip to provide a mount for the actuating member.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side view of one embodiment of the invention, the clip being shown in closed position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation viewed from the left of Fig. 1; r

Fig. 3 is a side elevation viewed from the right of Fig. 1; V

Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of the clip shown in Fig. 1; V I

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but shpJ wingGthe clip in open position; and

Fig. I

The clip comprises a band 1 of steel or other suitable flexible material bent so as to bring the ends into juxtaposition to pro vide material gripping jaws 3 and 4 and an enlarged aperture 2 of suitable size to form a finger opening by which the clip may be grasped and manipulated. The extremities of the jaws are shaped or bent to'form complemental interfitting members adapted when forced togetherfirmly to grip the hide or skin at an edgeportionthereof. The interfitting jaw members may be of varying construction but we prefer the form shown wherein the jaw 3 is formed with a recess or sopiket 3 into which the free end of the jaw 4 ts.

is a section on the line 6-6 of Each of saidijaws is provided near its materialgripping end with a pair ofparallel, spaced slots 5, (Fig. 6) in which is loosely disposed a U-shaped how 6 of steel or other suitable material forming a mount for the j aw actuating member or arm 7 The free ends of said bow or mount extend through and project beyond one of the jaws as 3 and the actuating member, which has an inner end 8 projecting at substantially a right angle from the outer end of the arm, is pivoted to the projecting portions of said bow in any suitable manner as by trunnions 9 carried by said actuating member and extending into openings provided for that purpose in the free ends of said bow.

The organization and arrangement of the parts above described is such that when the arm 7 is swung toward the body of the clip its inwardly extending end 8 engages the adjacent jaw 3 and forces it inward into the closed or stock gripping position shown in the drawings.

Near the upper or finger engaging portion of the clip and upon the opposite s de from said jaw actuating member 7, there is provided a spur or hook 10. Said spur or hook which faces toward the jaws of the clip and is; preferably struck up from the band 1, is adapted to be hooked into the sheet of wire mesh or other foraminated stock support of the drying frame. In use the clip should .lieflat or substantially flat upon the stocksupport and therefore the material between the slots 5 in the jaw 4 is preferably depressed to form a recess for the bend of the how 6 so that said how is substantially flush withthe side of the clip as best shown in Figsa lto 6. j i

In service the user inserts his fore finger into the finger opening 2and passes theopen jaws of the clip on opposite sides of the edge portion of the skin or other stock. The jaws are then closed upon the stock by throwing the actuating arm into closed position. When a suflicient number of the clips have beensecured'to the edge portion of the stock in the manner above described, the attaching spurs are lnserted into-the openings in the foramlnated support, clips are then added where needed and the stock is stretched and secured upon the support for drying. a a i It will be apparent that a clip made in accordance with the invention as above described is-strong, durable and adapted firmly older construction wherein ears or the like are bent or folded up from the body 015 the clip to form a mount for the actuating member.

We claim: l. A clip-comprising relatively movable jaws, a j aw actuating member, an attaching spur and amount forsaidactuating member loosely'engaging the-"other elements of the clip.

2. A clip comprising relatively movable j aws having slots spaced inwardly from the edges thereof, a jaw actuating member, an attaching spur and a mount forsaid actuating member independent of the other elements of said clip and loosely disposed in said slots. a

3. A clip comprising[relatively movable jaws, each having a pair of slots spaced inwardly from theedges thereof, aw actuating member, an attaching spur, and a mount for said actuating member, comprising a U- shaped bow loosely disposed in said slots, the free ends of said bow projecting beyond one of said jaws and said actuating member pivoted to saidfree ends.

4L. A clip comprising relatively-movable jaws, each having a pair of slots spaced inwardly from the edges thereof, a jaw actuating member, an attaching spur, amount for said actuating member comprising a U- shaped :bow, loosely disposed lin said slots,

one of said jawsand said actuatingmember pivoted to said free ends, and the bend of said bow being substantially flush-with the side of said clip. V H V iiigne'd by us at Salem, Massachusetts, this 13th day ofDec'ember, 1920. f

Arvin PL-TiaoMPsoN. WILLIAM'LQBAXTER. 

